Priti Patel: Police must take harassment of women more seriously October 2, 2021 Police must take harassment and flashing more seriously, Priti Patel said, as the Met comes under more scrutiny over how violence against women is treated in the wake of Sarah Everard’s murder. Forces should “raise the bar” and treat everybody “with respect, dignity and seriously”, the home secretary told the Telegraph, as she dismissed suggestions [...]
The Met advises women to hail a bus or run if they do not trust a male officer October 1, 2021 The Metropolitan Police has issued new advice for women who do not trust a male officer, which includes ‘waving a bus down’ for help or running away. In a statement released yesterday, Britain’s largest force advised women to “shout out to a passer-by, run into a house or wave a bus down”. The guidance was [...]
Sarah Everard: Wayne Couzens sentenced to whole life in prison September 30, 2021 Met Police officer Wayne Couzens has been sentenced to a whole life order after admitting to the kidnap, rape and murder of Sarah Everard. Couzens was a serving police officer with the Metropolitan Police when he kidnapped the 33-year-old marketing executive. At the sentencing at the Old Bailey on Thursday afternoon, Lord Justice Fulford said [...]
Today: Former police officer who raped and murdered Sarah Everard faces sentence September 29, 2021 Wayne Couzens, the man who raped and murdered Sarah Everard, will learn today if he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. Couzens, 48, was a serving Pc with the Metropolitan Police when he snatched Everard as she walked home in Clapham, south London, on the evening of March 3. The sexual predator, [...]
Former Domino’s delivery driver charged with the murder of Sabina Nessa September 28, 2021 A 36-year-old man has been charged with the murder of 28-year-old primary school teacher Sabina Nessa, who was attacked on her way to meet a friend. Koci Selamaj of Terminus Road, Eastbourne was charged yesterday and will today appear at Willesden Magistrates’ Court, the police have confirmed. Ms Nessa’s body was found in Cator Park [...]
38-year-old man arrested at 3am on suspicion of murdering Sabina Nessa September 26, 2021 The Metropolitan Police said this morning a suspect was detained at around 3am earlier today for the murder of school teacher Sabina Nessa. A 38-year-old man from East Sussex is currently being held in police custody. Detective Chief Inspector Neil John, from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, said: “Sabina’s family have been informed of this [...]
Sabina Nessa: Over 500 people gather to pay respects at London vigil September 25, 2021 Hundreds of people flocked for a vigil last night for 28-year-old teacher Sabina Nessa, who was murdered on a five-minute walk from her home. The Metropolitan police said that Nessa, had been walking to meet a friend at The Depot bar and restaurant last Friday near Pegler Square and walked through Cater Park in Kidbrooke [...]
Sabina Nessa murder suspect arrested as police appeal for witnesses September 23, 2021 A 38-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of Sabina Nessa in South-East London, the Metropolitan Police confirmed. Detectives believe that Sabina, a 28-year-old primary school teacher, was attacked shortly after leaving her home on Astell Road in Kidbrooke just before 20:30hrs on Friday evening. Her body was found by a member [...]
Sabina Nessa: Teacher murdered just five-minute walk from London home September 23, 2021 Teacher Sabina Nessa was murdered just a five-minute walk away from her home in south-east London, detectives have said, months after the murder of fellow young woman Sarah Everard. Detective Inspector Joe Garrity said: “Sabina’s journey should have taken just over five minutes but she never made it to her destination. “We know the community [...]
UK courts charge a third man over salisbury Novichok poisoning September 21, 2021 British police have confirmed a third Russian man has been charged with the 2018 Novichok murder attempt on former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia. Detectives have accused Denis Sergeev, a senior military intelligence officer who worked under the alias Sergey Fedotov, of being part of the team who deployed a deadly nerve [...]